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BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Her name is Audrey. Her current owner applied that name after rescuing her from a vagabond life. “It’s got character,” said John Harris of the 2003 LTI, a TXII model that’s always on display at…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN It’s parked in a snow-filled lot alongside Route 9 in Searsburg, Vt., at least that’s where it sat last Sunday. It’s not in running condition and probably hasn’t been on the road for decades. Even…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Ed Pannoni admits to “tinkering with cars” since he was a kid. It took a motorized movie character that his son Alex liked, though, that prompted him to buy a vintage Volkswagen Beetle. “It all…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN The burgundy 1951 Mercury coupe that Mike Scheidel of Burlington has been driving for nearly two decades is a one-off custom. It’s been heavily-modified with elements from at least five other brands, including a 283-cubic-inch…

BY BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Over the years, Frank Rinaldi of Watertown has owned many Pontiac GTO models. “I’ve probably had about 14 – a ’65, a ’67, seven or eight ’68s, three or four ’69s,” he said, recalling…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Marty Titus of New Milford wasn’t hunting for a vintage automobile when he bought his 1964 Oldsmobile Super 88 some eight years ago. “It was just happenstance. I wasn’t particularly looking for an Oldsmobile. I…

BY LARRY PRINTZ | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE It’s autumn, time to nab one of these great convertibles for less than $35,000. Does it seem like crazy is the new normal? Whatever part of American life one considers, it seems as…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Ted Orr’s affection for Volkswagens is understandable. He began working for New Milford Volkswagen in 1974 as a detailer and eventually bought the dealership in 1997. He owned the store until its closure in 2015…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Bruce Martin of Goshen was simply being practical when he went to Crestwood Ford in Watertown in late 1966 and traded his sporty 1964½ Ford Mustang with bucket seats for a new Ford Fairlane 500…

BY BUD WILKINSON | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN It’s part of automotive lore that Henry Ford offered his Model T in any color that the customer wanted, so long as that color was black. But only one of four Model Ts restored/assembled…